SCARY
MOVIE
Synopsis
 Keenan
Ivory Wayans directs this spoof which parodies the horror
genre, from the classic to the contemporary. Joining forces
with brothers Shawn and Marlon, as well as "Saturday Night
Live's" Cheri Oteri and former MTV kitten Carmen Electra,
the movie sets out to send up every horror cliche it can
come up with.
Review
Good comedy is very hard to
put together. A lot of times good comedy is hard to understand
- that's why "Scary Movie" isn't. The film is
full of sexual innuendo and numerous sexual extremes and
stereotypes. Thinking that it wasn't that great? Well,
you are wrong. I laughed so hard that my pants were almost
wet. The unbelievable story of late 20s/early 30s actors
playing high school teens took me places I have never
been before.
The Wayans family is sure a talented bunch. The film had
a semi-reunion of a partial cast of the hit show "In
Living Color" and they did great! Ranging from weed
- smoking Marlin to gay Shawn, the humor just never ended.
While the film was great, a couple of critical comments
are in order. As a critics, I would have definitely enjoyed
the film more, if the trailer for it did not include as
many of the funny scenes as it did. Of course something
had to be shown get the audience interested, but a smaller
portion could have been shown. The reason for that, is
because when I was watching the movie and those scenes
came up, I knew exactly what was going to happen and when
I should have been laughing harder than ever, I was just
smirking.
All in all, the film continued the string of teenage sex
- related comedy. "Scary Movie" took the idea
of "American Pie" a step further. Now, all we
have to do is sit back and watch what happens with the
upcoming sequel to the desert flick.
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Category:
Comedy Spoof
Starring: Jonathan
Abrahams, Carmen Electra and Shannon Elizabeth
Directed by: Keenan
Ivory Wayans
Rated: R
Running time: 88
min.
Rating:
A+ |
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